The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-03

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The Abbeville District Bible Society con-
vened in the Court House. occupied tempo
lily, isS. President " *. ii. Grer. Is. D., in
n" chair; Ohened with p aver ny Rev:
of the American Bible society The roll O.:
membc snip WIS called. Til" minute es of the
last m"etin: were read and approvrd
C"ke<hu:y y District Of the ii. 4. church south,
deiirc,.d ihr annual sermon from the trXt.
"rI Word OF Col is n,.t bound = Tim. II g..
A hat colt ctiou for the henett of the Bible
causr was takrn up immediately after the ser
mon, amounting TO S&5.
Prof. Grorg" -. Hodges, President of the
Male li.h SCHOOL ut Grecnw"od, :. e.. dtliv-
erel the annual address. Subject, The Bible
Rev. Th,s ii. Law then addressed the Socl-
ETY. tor thirty minutes nn the purposes and
work Of The American Bible Society:
On motion of Capt. l. W. White the follow
Ing resolution was Adopted:
ReSniued. That tie thinks cf This Sorirty are
'lur to The R"r. r ID. smart. Prof. George g.
HoigeS and Rev. Thos. H Law for their intel
lactral, earnest AMI faithful services rendered
this day In behalf OF tn" Bible cause.
Renewal of membership and new members
were then called toe fnr Sard to he enroll
ed and t" pny, teir snpnl Sontrbu,on
were requested to enrol the names of such
persons as preferred 10 he enrolled at their
seats. - names were enrolled, of whom
- were new members.
REPORT FROM BRANCH SOCIETIES.
The following reports were received from
the branch Societies:
DUE WEST. s c.. July c5th. 1887.
M L. ": Ivhtss, Cory spO%amg Ssereta,y; sen ;oo,,
would respectfully report:
Our annual meeting WAS held June Al last
II was Il matter of regret 10 all that Rev. c. II.
Prtchard. of tn" Methodist church. who had
henn secured to preach II sermon wns prevent.
eh, by >tkncss, from filling the appointment.
4 tile invitation of the President Rev. w. NJ.
Grier, y. D.. addressed The Smiety.
Mr.. R. =. Galloway, Librarian and Treas:
nrer. mnde u report show Ing that the total
mount collected for this year was S23.00
=. hirh amount was ordered to be forwarded to
the District Society.
" give mnre attention to the distribution oi
the Scriptures In our r.mInmnitv, and ~ q re-
suit of this discussion Rev. w NJ. Grier, D. D..
WAS arp intpd Ia Wilt Union Academy al
Presbyterian church: Prof: J. I. Mccain the
'olnred Baptist church: Mr.. r. =. galloway
the Col"red Methodist church Of this place:
and present the objects Or this Society and
the moi hods BY which the Scriptures are dis
tribrtei.
mi. ht add here that Mr.. Galloway has fill
rl his appointment n"d reports that since his
visit he hHS an increased demand for Bibles
and rcstaincnts. and this leads us 10 hope
that after the other gentlemen fill their nt-
puini imcntS we may have more calls and thus
d" more IN this direction than we have done
IN the pasi.
Prof. VIM. Hood. Prof Jno. 7. Mccain. r. s.
Galloway, j. T.. Todd. W. c. Brock and r. G.
Rr"wnlre were am ointed to represent this
Society NJ rniir annual innntinU.
Yours respect l.,
JNO. l. PRESSLY, Secretary.
REV. w. H. PREssLY. D. d., President.
DELEGATES PRESENT FROM BRANCH SoCf'
The following additional delegates wero al.
80 present from Due West: W 3. Lowry
Rev J. n. Young. Rev. ". l.. PrcsSly, w. p
Kennedy and Fl. l.. Bounce.
Lebanon deltgaicS-J. =. Gilbert. ]. N. Knox
and a. X. Watson; Contribution, S35O
Troy delegateS-Rev. r +. Bradley and DR..
J. ID. Neel. Contribution, SlS.65.
Cedar SPRINGS delprateS-J. L. brennan. j
II. Chiles. D. w. jay and John Lyon. Contri'
bniion, S6 20
GrcenvIIlp Church drlcgates-W. T. Cowan
r. Brnwnee and W. F. Pearson. Contrihu
ti0n. S8.n5.
Greenwood, Ninery-Six, Cokesbury and
i.Ownhe>vilie were not represented and did
not send any contribution.
On motion of Rev. w F. Pearson the Rev
r. n. Law was requested TO visit the Branch
Sorirties, rp.nrganize IN 'sp whosa orsaniza.
tion has d ss'i:ved. aud TO stimulate al oi
hem 10 renewed efforts In the Bible cause,
anh to hearty cooperation with the District
auxiliary Society in thr wo'k.
The Corresponding Secretary made his re-
I'nrt that the only communication received
by HIM wis the report from Due Wet Society
The reports o: tie Librarian ana the Treas
urer were read and reie, red tn Hn auditing
committee consisting of J. +. Lyon and W. II
P;.i krr.
LIBRARIANS REPORT.